FOREWORD W elcome to the October issue of Business Chief APAC .
Bringing 2020 to a close with our December issue of Business Chief APAC , our cover features Shane Riddle , General Manager of Technology and Strategy at YMCA Victoria on the company ’ s survival of COVID-19 thanks to tech solutions and leadership ; and Ahmir ud Deen , COO of Prudential BSN Takaful , describes PruBSN ’ s leadership role in modernising Takaful insurance for the Malaysian industry . “ Malaysia is a fairly heavily regulated market , but I don ’ t mean that in a negative way . While we always have to stay within the Islamic guidelines ; the regulations are also there to look out for the interests of customers and manage the sustainability and the long term viability of Insurers and Takaful operators .”
In addition , Business Chief APAC explores the adoption of AI and human collaboration in HR operations . While John Harte , Advisory Member of The Chairman ’ s Network ( Australia ), discusses the evolution of stakeholder management operations in the region ; and Fuad Chapra , Head of Family Business , KPMG ( Saudi Arabia ) provides his expert insight on investment management benefits and trends .
Elsewhere , we discover what it means to be a digital brand in today ’ s world in our roundtable discussions with McKinsey , Toluna and Ebiquity . While Vikas Butaney , Vice President and General Manager of Cisco IoT , explains how companies can get the most out of IoT ; and Ray Joyce and Steve Gill HR Services at EY discuss the rise of human and AI collaboration in HR operations .
Finally to end the year , our December Top 10 ranks - by year - its top mergers and acquisitions made by companies in the APAC region over the last two decades .
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